It was a sad day and I somehow came to terms that I had to take the merry go around ride once again. More than getting on the ride, the fringe benefits that are offered with it drive me crazy. Staring at each side, waiting for others, moving inch by almost another miraculous inch make me wonder if this is being captured on the Nat Geo for ducks. Finally we ended up going all the way up and then coming down to park the car outside the mall.
After coming to the mall, I never return home empty handed, because I hate to do it all over again. So I pick my stuff and get out of there immediately. Sadly, that was not to happen on that fateful day. They wanted me to try it on and parade. I would have laughed at the idea and had my fun but that day, they were buying.
I went into the trial room and as quickly as one could possibly change, I changed. Actually, I was mid way, meaning I had taken stuff off and was about to put on stuff, when I heard, “not all trial rooms are taken, you know.”
I turned around and saw this woman staring at me dead in the eye. I was surprised that I could see almost half of her and shocked to realize that she was not too tall either. I replied, “so why don’t you use the empty ones?” and mumbled to myself, and why the hell are these rooms so short?!
“Well, my kids like to use the ones meant for kids!” she said and I came out and convinced my friends, that shirt was the best I ever had. Thankfully, or at least I thought so at the time, we got the shirt and moved to the next item – shoes. They found a nice pair and told me to try it on. I saw this trial-room-woman standing right across the room and that drove me all the more to get out of there as soon as I could.
So I put one shoe on and walked around. My friends interrupted my circus feat of walking around with a shoe on foot and a sandal on the other. But I told them with all the smugness I could muster, if one fits, the other ones fits too. Of course, I was right and we came home, sweet home. Thank god, I did not have to deal with vertigo as we parked outside the mall.
After I come back from a mall, I don’t like to think about the nightmare for as long as I can avoid. So I did avoid thinking about it and did not use the stuff I bought until 2 months later. I had to catch a very long flight and with that cramped leg rooms, I realized it was time to take out the new shoes. I got the two shoes out of the box carefully and put them on, they looked good; well my friends had a good taste. Anyway, began making last minute checks like walking inside and outside one room after another to see if I got everything I needed for the trip.
Of all the problems I have, air sickness is not one. So I did not quite get it, when I was feeling extremely uncomfortable. I felt like the room was spinning, that I was losing my balance and that I was breaking down. I did collapse finally, and I looked at my feet and realized that I was wearing two left shoes!
PS: Special thanks to DSGD for the great shoes and sorry about never finding the receipt!
